Gov. Bobby Jindal calls legal challenge to school vouchers 'immoral'

10:44 PM,
Sep. 18, 2013

Gov. Bobby Jindal talks to the National Press Club in Washington. Jindal called on the Justice Department to give up its 'cynical, immoral and hypocritical' challenge to Louisiana's school voucher program.

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Deborah Barfield Berry
Gannett Washington Bureau

Gov. Bobby Jindal called on the Justice Department on Wednesday to give up its "cynical, immoral and hypocritical" challenge to Louisiana's school voucher program.

"It's simply immoral to tell these children they've got to stay in failing schools," Jindal, a Republican, said at a press conference at the National Press Club.

The Justice Department filed a motion in August to stop the state from issuing vouchers, without federal approval, to students in school districts that are under desegregation orders. The change would take effect in the 2014-15 school year. ...